June 2, 2010

They say you should never raise your
hand to your children, but how else am I
supposed to request permission to speak?


Top of the Heap: The 50 Worst Inventions of All Time (Tip O'the Hat to Uncle Mel!)
http://www.time.com/time/specials/bestworst/0,32232,1991915_1991909_1991902,00.html

One More Top of the Heap: Next Tuesday is No Plastic Day - intended to bring awareness of the over-consumption of disposable plastic goods
http://www.noplasticday.org/

You'll never be as cool as these 25 Cool Guitars
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2010/05/25-unique-guitars.html

10 Non-Photoshopped images that will warp your mind
http://gizmodo.com/5548138/ten-non+photoshopped-images-that-will-warp-your-mind

10 Most Bizarre Sounds You've Probably Never Heard
http://www.smashinglists.com/10-most-bizarre-sounds-youd-not-have-heard-before/

The Japanese plan to have robots build a Moon base - for ROBOTS. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-05/japan-wants-moon-base-2020-built-robots-robots

100 Things You Didn't Know About "The Empire Strikes Back"
http://movies.ign.com/articles/109/1091748p1.html

The Most Detailed Image of Our Galaxy Ever Taken
http://bmgoau.nfshost.com/milkyway_spitzer_zoom/spitzer.html

Rocket-Powered Motorcycles of the Past, Present and Future (Thanks, Ken!)
http://www.spotmotorcycles.com/rocket-cycles/

Virtual Tour of the Wailing Wall (Thanks, George)
http://www.360tr.net/kudus/aglamaduvar_tr/index.HTML

14 Useful Tools For Your Kitchen
http://www.toxel.com/tech/2010/04/05/14-useful-tools-for-your-kitchen/

Top 10 Most Downloaded Student Tools
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-downloaded-student-tools-movers-shakers/

Classic Film Guide
http://www.classicfilmguide.com/index.php?s=home

Time-Lapse Satellite View of the Growing Oil Spill
http://www.universetoday.com/2010/05/27/time-lapse-satellite-view-of-growing-oil-spill/

May 26, 2010

I read today that they're making
a "Planet of the Apes" prequel.
Technically speaking, isn't *every*
film a "Planet of the Apes" prequel?


Top of the Heap: Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM

For those of you who care: 100 Things We'll Miss About "Lost"
http://www.ugo.com/tv/lost-one-hundred-things-well-miss?cmpid=0101

Addicting Game of the Week - Breakout
http://haznos.org/breakout-infernal-game/

This is pretty cool - 250 Walt Disney Characters
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juanpablobravo/4622802536/sizes/o/

10 Celebrities You Think Are Dead (but aren't)
http://www.elistmania.com/juice/10_celebrities_you_think_are_dead_but_are_still_alive/

10 Futuristic Technologies That Don't Exist (yet)
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/05/10_futuristic_technologies_we_wish_existed_right_n.php/

50 Fun Jobs That Don't Require You to Grow Up
http://alturl.com/bomd

Find cheap flights, hotels and other travel-related deals at Sprice
http://www.sprice.com/

Resources to do a background check on (cough) yourself
http://consumerist.com/2010/02/get-all-your-reports.html

Things You Cannot Unsee
http://cannotunsee.tumblr.com/

Mighty Optical Illusions
http://www.moillusions.com/

Speaking of which, Sharks can (kinda sorta) become invisible. EVERYBODY (kinda sorta) PANIC.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/sharks-invisible-light-luminescence.html

America's Top 10 Road Trips
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-34348817

A Savvy Traveler's Guide to Vacationing Abroad
http://lifehacker.com/5539907/a-savvy-travelers-guide-to-vacationing-abroad

And... a couple of gems from Youngest Unmarried Son Jack:

Just to put things into perspective...
http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf

Liquid Mountaineering
http://haha.nu/entertainment/liquid-mountaineering/

May 19, 2010

I bet more kids would sign up for the debate team in high school
if they only knew how vital it would be in kicking total ASS during
lunch-hour pop culture arguments in the Best Buy breakroom someday.


Top of the Heap: The Dealmap - best local deals, coupons and discounts from all over the freakin WORLD!
http://www.thedealmap.com/#DynamicContentContainer

Yet Another Top of the Heap: Use the Facebook Privacy Scanner bookmarklet to see how exposed you are on Facebook
http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/

Good morning, beautiful bacon!
http://www.baconbabble.com/index.php/2010/03/25/good-morning-beautiful-bacon/

10 Must Have Camping Tools for Nerds
http://alturl.com/9ko3

6 Absurd Gender Stereotypes (That Science Says Are True)
http://www.cracked.com/article_18529_6-gender-stereotypes-that-are-actually-true.html

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 10 Craziest Moments
http://www.ranker.com/list/sheriff-joe-arpaio_s-10-craziest-moments/calistylie#start=0&format=blogstyle_view

Wedding Dress Revenge
http://izismile.com/2010/05/13/wedding_dress_revenge_34_pics.html

6 Things You Should Know Before Buying an iPad
http://alturl.com/b9mg

10 Phrases That Can Sink Your Resume
http://telework-hawaii.com/home/2010/05/11/10-phrases-that-can-sink-your-resume/

Optical Illusion of the Week: Motion Induced Blindness
http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html

10 Amazing Phenomenon of a Normal Human Mind (I think they meant "Phenomena," but I nitpick....)
http://www.smashinglists.com/10-amazing-phenomenon-of-a-normal-human-mind/

Awesome collection of free reference sites
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/mars/marspubs/marsbestfreewebsites/marsbestfree2010.cfm

13 Unusual Flip-Flops
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2010/05/13-unusual-flip-flops.html

May 12, 2010

In biblical times, if you loved your wife,
you'd let her ride your ass all day.
I guess some things never change.


Top of the Heap: Will They Build It? Cold Stone Creamery's "Every Topping Under the Sun-dae"
http://topcultured.com/cold-stone-creamery-every-topping-under-the-sun-dae/

28 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Traveling
http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/28-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-traveling/

Incredible, interactive 360° view of the Sistine Chapel (Thanks, Debb!)
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

Your Iron Man 2 Character Primer
http://techland.com/2010/05/06/your-iron-man-2-character-primer/

The Art of Sandwiches
http://www.inewidea.com/2010/05/01/30575.html

15 Fascinating Facts About Your Dreams
http://www.mritechnicianschools.org/211/15-fascinating-facts-about-your-dreams/

See if taking combining a drug with something will cause problems at MedHelp Drug Interaction Checker
http://www.medhelp.org/druginteractions

Extract text out of any image with Free OCR
http://www.free-ocr.com/

Bender Converter downloads and converts online videos for free
http://benderconverter.com/

5 Silly Initiation Rituals of Famous Sinister Organizations
http://alturl.com/whys

Top 10 Secrets of Effective Liars
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/extreme-fear/201005/top-10-secrets-effective-liars

Best and worst hotels for Wi-Fi
http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/annual%20wifi%20report

10 Worst Travel Rip-offs and How to Avoid Them
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/deals/inside/2010-05-06-top-ten-rip-offs_N.htm

May 5, 2010

I lie awake some nights worried about the
state of the world, with its ever-encroaching
slate of inescapable problems. Bad as that
is, it sure beats the hell out of the other
nights, when I lie awake wondering if zombie
chickens would think humans taste like them.


Top of the Heap: NOW we're cookin' - Homemade Pop Tarts! Mmmmmm, Pop Tarts!
http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/homemade-pop-tarts/

60 Insider Secrets to College Admissions
http://www.onlineuniversitylowdown.com/2007/08/60-insider-secrets-to-college-admissions.html

15 Dorm Room Essentials You Didn't Know You Needed
http://www.bestcollegesonline.net/blog/2010/15-dorm-room-essentials-you-didnt-know-you-needed/

The Breathing Circle - a tool for combating stress, anxiety and panic attacks
http://www.oneletterwords.com/4-square-breathing/

Teabonics
http://www.cracktwo.com/2010/04/teabonics.html

7 Astounding Beach Scenes
http://www.killerdirectory.com/blog/travel/beach-scenes.html

Explore U.S. Government Data About Your Community With "This We Know"
http://www.thisweknow.org/

10 "Bad" Foods That Are Actually Good For You
http://www.budgetlife.com/blog/good-bad-foods/

A brilliant innovation - the bullet train that never stops
http://softhunder.blogspot.com/2010/04/train-that-never-stops-at-station.html

10 Fun Gadgets That'll Freak Out Your Guests
http://www.oddee.com/item_97055.aspx

Hear, hear. "PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html

6 True Stories About Disneyland They Don't Want You to Know
http://www.cracked.com/article_18511_6-true-stories-about-disneyland-they-dont-want-you-to-know.html

Rats! Yet ANOTHER year that I didn't make the list for the 10 Highest Paid Public Speakers in the World
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/04/10-highest-paid-public-speakers-in-the-world/

Instructions on how to delete your account from social networks, shopping sites, etc.
http://www.deleteyouraccount.com/

Funny Motivational Posters
http://thechive.com/2010/04/26/monday-motivational-posters-29-photos/

Culture Crossing is a large collection of customs and etiquette guides for different countries
http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php

15 Little-Known Geek/Nerd Holidays and Observances
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/30/15-little-known-geeknerd-holidays-and-observances/

The Top 10 Things You Didn't Know Google Maps Could Do
http://lifehacker.com/5525758/top-10-things-you-didnt-know-google-maps-could-do

I'm trying to decide if this is cool or not... every location on earth simplified to one word/phrase
http://mapcut.com/

In your lifetime you will...
http://www.executivehm.com/news/in-your-lifetime/

Stephen Hawking on How to Build a Time Machine
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1269288/STEPHEN-HAWKING-How-build-time-machine.html

Mind-boggling 45-gigapixel panorama of Dubai is world’s largest, zoomable “down to girl in bikini.”
http://gizmodo.com/5529528/worlds-largest-panorama-shows-dubai-down-to-girl-in-bikini

24 Mind-Blowing Money Illusions
http://moneymumbojumbo.co.uk/fun-articles/money-illusion

April 28, 2010

It's nice to be proven right. The very first time
I saw "Predator," I said to myself "You know, any
one of these guys would make a great governor."


Top of the Heap: NOW we're cookin' - a recipe for a Homemade Snickers Candy Bar!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Snickers-Candy-Bar-Recipe

Starry-Eyed Hubble Celebrates 20 Years of Awe and Discovery with Zoomable Image
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/13/image/a/

Speaking of zoomable, check out the Scale of the Universe
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347

I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7107207.ece

What's so special about this number?
http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html

Addicting (and slightly disturbing) Game of the Week: Phage Wars (Thanks, Jack!)
http://www.stoneagegames.com/games/1230/phage-wars

Jack will like this one: New features for the Barnes & Noble Nook
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Barnes-and-Noble-Nook-Now-Has-AndroidBased-Games-616533/

The Top 10 Outrageous Comic Book Advertisements (Sigh. I remember each and every one of these)
http://www.toptenz.net/comic-book-advertisements.php

Stunning new images of the Sun released by NASA (Thanks, Kevin!)
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/21apr_firstlight/

10 Fast Food Items Worse For You Than The KFC Double Down
http://consumerist.com/2010/04/10-fast-food-items-worse-for-you-than-the-kfc-double-down.html

25 Un-Tooned Portraits
http://www.holytaco.com/25-un-tooned-portraits

The Top 10 Douchiest Music Videos of All Time
http://www.zeitgeistyreport.com/articles/2010/04/22/top-10-douchiest-music-videos-of-all-time/

Hong Kong architect transforms tiny 330 sq. ft. apartment into a 24-room house. Wow. (Thanks, Jack!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak

Downloadable Tree of Life with over 3000 branches
http://www.zo.utexas.edu/faculty/antisense/DownloadfilesToL.html

Maxed Out: Testing Humans to Destruction
http://www.newscientist.com/special/maxed-out-testing-humans-to-destruction

April 21, 2010

I can confidently say, without fear of
contradiction, that I am the best, in the
history of the world, at overstatement.



Top of the Heap: I love this! Instant Rimshot Buttons
http://instantsfun.es/

Double Down: How KFC Sold America the Vilest Food Product Created by Man
http://alturl.com/9scz

And... Double Down: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pulmonary Embolism
http://www.geekosystem.com/kfc-double-down-review/

Enter your zip code and find out when and where the next satellite flyovers will be visible
http://spaceweather.com/flybys/

Wikipedia's List of Misquotations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misquotations

The 7 Most Soul-Crushing Series Finales in TV History
http://alturl.com/ncg2

The Alot is Better Than You at EVERYTHING
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

Stubbon Stain? Check out the University of Illinois Stain Removal Solutions
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/stain/

Why We Hate the Dentist (and What the Dentist Thinks About Them)
http://www.sanedentist.com/here-are-5-reasons-why-we-hate-the-dentist-and-what-a-dentist-thinks-about-them.html

Along that same line: How to Stop Being Afraid of the Dentist
http://www.ehow.com/how_2073080_stop-being-afraid-dentist.html

Cool text-to-speech website (Thanks, Janice!)
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal

5 TV Shows You Can Completely Watch Online
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-great-tv-shows-completely-watch-online/

Top 12 Websites to Download Free eBooks
http://technologytosoftware.com/top-12-websites-to-download-free-e-books.html

Wow. What starts off as WTF! manages to snowball into the strangest 911 call that I’ve ever heard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RK0SzlfGKM


Youngest Unmarried Son Jack's submissions:

Amazing World Clock
http://dalesdesigns.net/world_clock.htm

Incredible photo of the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/2010-1674.jpg

Okay, this makes way-y-y too much sense. We'll probably never see it.
http://www.tuvie.com/last-drop-pumping-up-till-the-last-drop-from-the-bottom-of-a-bottle/

I, for one, welcome our new Intergalactic overlords...
http://www.disinfo.com/2010/04/mysterious-radio-waves-emitted-from-nearby-galaxy/

Piano Improv on Chatroulette Restores Faith in Humanity
http://tv.gawker.com/5493963/piano-improv-on-chatroulette-restores-faith-in-humanity